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[2] , also known as Yip Man, (Chinese: 葉問; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), was a Chinese martial artist, and a master Ip Man teacher of . He had several students who later became masters in their own right. His most famous student was .

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1 Early life

2 Life in

3 Death and legacy

4 In popular culture

5 Martial arts lineage Born 1 October 1893 , 6 References , Qing Died 2 December 1972 Early life (aged 79) , Ip Man was born to Yip Oi-dor and Wu Shui. He grew up in a wealthy family in Foshan, Guangdong, and received a traditional Chinese , Hong education. His elder brother was Yip Kai-gak, his elder sister was Yip Wan-mei and his younger sister was Yip Wan-hum.[3] Kong[1] Throat cancer [4][5] Ip started learning Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun when he was 7. Chan was 64 at the time, and Ip became Chan's last student. Other Yip Man, Due to his teacher's age, Ip learned most of his skills and techniques from Chan's second eldest disciple, Wu Chung-sok (吳仲素). Chan names Yip Kai-man, lived three years after Ip's training started and one of his dying wishes was to have Wu continue teaching Ip. Wen At the age of 16, Ip moved to Hong Kong with help from his relative Leung Fut-ting. One year later, he attended school at St. Stephen's Residence Hong Kong [3] College—a secondary school for wealthy families and foreigners living in Hong Kong. During Ip's time at St. Stephen's he saw a Nationality Chinese foreign police officer beating a woman and intervened.[3] The officer attempted to attack Ip, but Ip struck him down and ran to school with his classmate. Ip's classmate later told an older man who lived in his apartment block. The man met with Ip and asked what Style Wing Chun martial art Ip practised. The man told Ip that his forms were "not too great".[3] The man challenged Ip's Wing Chun in chi sao (a form Teacher(s) Chan Wah-shun & of training that involves controlled attack and defence). Ip saw this as an opportunity to prove that his abilities were good, but was Wu Chung-sok (吳 defeated by the man after a few strikes. Ip's opponent revealed himself to be Leung Bik, Chan Wah-shun's senior and the son of Chan's 仲素), teacher, Leung Jan. After that encounter, Ip continued learning from Leung Bik. later Leung Bik

Ip returned to Foshan when he was 24 and became a policeman.[3] He taught Wing Chun to several of his subordinates, friends and Rank Grandmaster relatives, but did not officially run a martial arts school. Some of his best known informal students were Chow Kwong-yue (周光裕), Years 1967-1972 Kwok Fu (郭富), Lun Kah (倫佳), Chan Chi-sun (陳志新), Xu He-Wei (徐和威) and Lui Ying (呂應). Among them, Chow Kwong-yue was said active to be the best, but he eventually went into commerce and stopped practising martial arts. Kwok Fu and Lun Kah went on to teach Occupation Martial artist students of their own and they passed down the art of Wing Chun in the Foshan and Guangdong region. Chan Chi-sun and Lui Ying went to Hong Kong later but neither of them accepted any students. Ip went to live with Kwok Fu during the Second Sino-Japanese Spouse Cheung Wing- War and only returned to Foshan after the war, where he continued his career as a police officer. Ip left Foshan for Hong Kong at the sing end of 1949 after the won the because he was an officer of the (Nationalist (simplified Chinese: [6] Party), the Communists' rival in the Civil War. 张永成; traditional Chinese: 張永成; Life in Hong Kong : Zhāng Yǒngchéng; Initially, Ip Man's teaching business was poor because Ip's students typically stayed for only a couple of months. He moved his school Yale: twice: first to Road in and then to Lee Tat Street (利達街) in . By then, some of his students had jēung wíhng sìhng) attained proficiency in Wing Chun and were able to start their own schools. Some of his students and descendants sparred with other Notable Ip Chun (son; b. martial artists to compare their skills and their victories helped increase Ip's fame. relatives 1924), In 1967, Ip and some of his students established the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (詠春體育會).[7][8] The main purpose of the Ving Tsun Ip Ching (son; b. Athletic Association[9] was to help Ip tackle his financial difficulties in Hong Kong.[10] 1936) Notable [11] Ip Man was said to have regularly used opium. One of his former students, Duncan Leung, claimed that Ip used tuition money to students Bruce Lee, [12] support his opium addiction. Ip Chun, Ip Ching, Death and legacy Chu Shong Tin , Lok Yiu, Ip died on 2 December 1972 in his unit at 149 in Hong Kong,[1] from throat cancer, only 7 months before the death of Leung Sheung, Bruce Lee.[13] Wong Shun Leung, Ip's legacy is the global practice of Wing Chun. Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man, is as passionate and relentless in keeping his father's , Wing Chun legacy alive and in 2014 Ip Chun was selected to represent Wing Chun as the inheritor of the legacy of Wing Chun- , [14] style kung fu. Ip's notable students include: Leung Sheung, Lok Yiu, Chu Shong-tin, Wong Shun Leung, William Cheung, Bruce Lee, Lo Man Kam Moy Yat, Ho Kam Ming, Victor Kan, his nephew Lo Man Kam, his sons Ip Ching and Ip Chun, and his final closed-door student Leung Ting. Website www.ip- man.co.uk Ip also left behind a written history of Wing Chun.[15] Many artifacts of his life are on display in the "Yip Man Tong" museum in the grounds.[16] Ip Man In popular culture

Ip Man, a Hong Kong film based on the life of Ip Man, starring as the martial artist, was released in cinemas in 2008. The film takes a number of liberties with Ip's life, often for dramatic effect. Ip's eldest son Ip Chun appears in the film and served as a consultant on the production, which focuses on Ip's life during the 1930s to the 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is the "Ip Man" in Traditional (top) and Ip Man and Bruce Lee. first to be based on the life of Ip. Simplified (bottom) Chinese The sequel focuses on Ip's beginnings in Hong Kong and his students, including Bruce Lee. Ip characters Man has taught many other people. Amid a surge of Ip Man–related film projects in production, Donnie Yen Traditional Chinese 葉問 told the Chinese media in March 2010 that after Ip Man 2, he will no longer play the Wing Chun master. He stated, "I would never ever touch any films related to Ip Man. This will be my final film on the subject. Simplified Chinese 叶问 Whenever something becomes a success, everyone would jump on the bandwagon, this is very frightening. Transcriptions Did you know how many Ip Man films are in production? Under such condition, we would not progress, it'd Standard Mandarin only lead to over-saturation of the subject matter." Hanyu Pinyin Yè Wèn However a new film to the same series - - was released on 24 December 2015 having Donnie Yen Wade–Giles Yeh⁴ Wên⁴ again starring as the grandmaster of Wing Chun-Ip Man.[17] Yè Wùn Yu Chenghui played Ip Man in The Legend of Bruce Lee,[18] a 2008 Chinese television series based on the IPA [jê wə̂n] life story of Bruce Lee, who was one of Ip's students. Yue: Cantonese Another Hong Kong film based on Ip Man's life, called The Legend Is Born – Ip Man, was released in June Yale Romanization Yihp 2010. directed the film and it starred as Ip Man. Ip Chun makes a special Mahn Yip Man's gravestone appearance in the film as Leung Bik. IPA [jìːp̚ mɐǹ ] Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster is a 2013 film starring Tony Leung as Ip Man. The film concentrates more Jip6 Man6 on the end of an era in history as the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out. It was created in an almost Canton Yip6 Men6 biographical style, highlighting parts of history. In contrast with the other Ip Man–related projects, The Grandmaster is a more Romanization reflective film, focusing more on the musings and philosophies between martial arts and life, as well as Ip Man's journey through the early 1930s to the early 1950s. Yip Kai-man Traditional Chinese 葉繼問 The 2013 Hong Kong film Ip Man: The Final Fight, directed by Herman Yau and starring Anthony Wong as Ip Man, focuses on Ip's later life in Hong Kong. Ip Chun makes a cameo appearance in the film. This film also focuses on the loyalty of his pupils towards him. Simplified Chinese 叶继问 Transcriptions The 2013 Chinese television series Ip Man, based on Ip Man's life, was aired on the television network Astro On Demand between Standard Mandarin March and May 2013. It was directed by Fan Xiaotian and starred as the eponymous character. Hanyu Pinyin Yè Jìwèn Martial arts lineage Wade–Giles Yeh⁴ Chi⁴- wên⁴ Wing Chun lineage according to Ip Man.[15][19] Tongyong Pinyin Yè Jì-wùn IPA [jê tɕîwə̂n] (one of the of ) Yue: Cantonese Yim Wing-chun (taught Wing Chun by Ng for self-defence) Yale Yihp Gai Leung Bok-chau (Yim's husband) Romanization Mahn Leung Lan-kwai IPA [jìːp̚ kɐī mɐǹ ]

Wong Wah-bo ( was taught the pole form by Leung Yee-tai for the exchange of the empty hand system) Jyutping Jip6 Gai3 man6 Leung Yee-tai (added his pole form to the empty hand system he learned from Wong) Canton Yip6 Gei3- Leung Jan (also taught his son Leung Bik) Romanization men6 Chan Wah-shun

Yip Man (also learned from Wu Chung-sok, Leung Bik)

Known students: See Branches of Wing Chun

References

1. "影武者‧ 葉問次子葉正專訪 (Exclusive Interview with Ip Man's second son Ip Ching)" (http://www2.mingpaoweekly.com/contents/?id=6951&page=1) (in Chinese). Weekly Online. Retrieved 18 February 2013. "旺角通菜街一百四十九號一個單位內， ... 傳奇的老者在那個單位的一張沙發上遽然離世。 [Translation: ... in a unit at 149 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok, ... the legendary old man passed away suddenly on a sofa in that unit.]" 2. "Ip Man or Yip Man" (http://www.kwokwingchun.com/about-wing-chun/ip-mans-wing-chun/ip-man-or-yip-man/). kwokwingchun.com. 3. Title: Yip Man – Portrait of a Kung Fu Master, Page:3, Author(s): Ip Ching and Ron Heimberger, Paperback: 116 pages, Publisher: Cedar Fort (23 January 2001), ISBN 978-1-55517-516-0 4. "Sam kwok Wing Chun – Yip Man Family Tree" (http://www.kwokwingchun.com/about-wing-chun/history-&-family-tree/). Kwokwingchun.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 5. Mastering Wing Chun, By Samuel Kwok 6. "Ip Man's Biography" (http://www.kwokwingchun.com/about-wing-chun/ip-mans-wing-chun/ip-mans-biography/). Kwokwingchun.com. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012. 7. Ip Ching, Ip Man: Portrait of a Kung Fu Master (Springville, UT: King Press, 2001) 8. Ip Man Wing Chun 50th Anniversary Journal (Hong Kong: Wing Chun Athletic Association Limited, 2005) 9. Chiang, Christabel (9 June 2016). "Wing Chun master Dennis Lee may open school in Singapore" (http://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/wing-chun-master-dennis-lee -may-open-school-singapore). The New paper (Online). SPH Digital News Copyright © 2017 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Retrieved 19 April 2017. 10. "Origin" (http://www.vingtsun.org.hk/Origin.htm). www.vingtsun.org.hk. Retrieved 2 December 2015. 11. Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit: A Biography, Bruce Thomas, p. 208 "Both Bruce's father and even his wing chun master Yip Man were no strangers to the opium pipe." 12. 16 May 2009. "Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, ." (http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KE16Ad02.html). 13. Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions, Robert Chu, Rene Ritchie, Y. Wu, page 9, Tuttle Publishing; 1st edition (15 June 1998). ISBN 0-8048-3141-6, ISBN 978-0-8048-3141-3. 14. Boehler, Patrick (27 August 2014). "Chinese kung fu masters battle over inheritance of Yip Man's Wing Chun legacy" (http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/ar ticle/1581106/chinese-kung-fu-masters-battle-over-inheritance-wing-chun-legacy). South China Morning Post (Online). South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. Retrieved 10 September 2016. 15. "external copy of the History of Wing Chun Written by Yip Man" (http://www.vingtsun.com.hk/Origin.htm). Vingtsun.com.hk. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 16. "Ip Man tong virtual tour" (https://web.archive.org/web/20111128031909/http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm). Foshanmuseum.com. Archived from the original (http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm) on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 17. "Donnie Yen Has Had Enough of Ip Man - Wu-Jing.org" (http://www.wu-jing.org/happenings/archives/795-Donnie-Yen-Has-Had-Enough-of-Ip-Man.html). Daily. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 18. "Ip Man (Character)" (http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0143340/). Retrieved 4 February 2011. "TV episode, Played by Cheng-Hui Yu (as Ye Wen)" 19. "History and Philosophy of Ip Man including family tree" (http://www.southfieldswingchun.co.uk/the-origin-of-wing-chun). Southfieldswingchun.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

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